Monday, January 2nd, 2012
This is the new building of Nestlés social block at the Granero factory. This building is located in Chile. It was designed by GH+A / Guillermo Hevia. This building uses a variety of bioclimatic strategies, within a company policy of rational use of ene …
Tags: 21th century, air condition, control water, cooling system, double skin, energy resources, fire water, high technology, multiuse, passive ventilation, restrooms, solar radiation, strong signal, technology devices, term period, vandal, ventilation systems, water consumption, water pond
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
The new University Center is an artistic academic institution. It’s located in Greenwich Village. This new building was designed by New York based SOM. The project adds over 365,00sqf for academic and public programs, a new library and a 600+ student dor …
Tags: academic institution, clerestory windows, daylight harvesting, efficiencies, exterior face, greenwich village, light shelves, new library, seamless interaction, signature, state of the art, student dormitory
Monday, January 9th, 2012
This is the new O’Brien Building on the St Vincent’s Hospital campus in Darlinghurst, Sydney Australia. It was designed by BVN Architecture. This building creates a new urban square and liberates the heritage façade of the deLacy Building. The archite …
Tags: Architect, common room, consulting rooms, darlinghurst, glass walls, level seven, meeting rooms, open atrium, patient wards, urban square
Sunday, June 26th, 2011
This is an extension to an extension to a Luxembourg art gallery. This building was designed by Architect Philippe Schmit. This Villa Vauban extension consists of two storeys, the lower of which is submerged. The new part in this building includes a sculpt …
Tags: Architect, art collections, art gallery, circulation, exhibition spaces, fortress wall, foundation level, international museums, original gallery, roof surfaces, sculpture gallery, sledge hammer
Saturday, December 24th, 2011
This is the design for courthouse building for the Government of Republic of Vanuatu. This design has been delivered by Whitefield McQueen Irwin Alsop (WMCQIA), who has won an international design competition to deliver a courthouse building design. This b …
Tags: colonial courthouse, cross ventilation, Featured, international design competition, melanesian people, necessary security, republic of vanuatu, seismic environment, social lifestyle, transparency
Monday, December 26th, 2011
This is “building A” which has been opened by The Gold Coast’s Southern Cross University . This 4,800sqm building was designed by Woodhead. The four-storey structure building is designed to be permeable with café, student interaction areas, student …
Tags: Academic Office, atrium courtyard, conventional air, cross ventilation, energy efficient building, Featured, future development, multipurpose room, rainwater collection, southern cross university, storey structure, Structure Building, Student Interaction, system transport, teaching spaces, transport design, University Building, University Design